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Hello everyone. In this post I am going to share you a solution to fix this dreaded Error: "401 - Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials" when you access Citrix Web Interface 5.4 or Storefront via Citrix Access Gateway or Citrix Netscaler Gateway. There are numerous post out there and also there is a great post from Citrix to investigate and fix this issue if you come across. Meanwhile I came across this issue with Netscaler 10.5 Citrix Access Gateway and Web Interface 5.4. Config and Setup info  1 Netscaler with 2 NIC's sitting in a DMZ with access to Backend internal server's via SNIP IP address and management via NSIP IP address, frontend User access via VIP accessible on the Internet. 1 WebInterface in a Gateway Direct mode and authentication at the Netscaler configured for the default Citrix/Xenapp website. Troubleshooting I started with looking at the Windows 2008R2 - Web Interface event logs, Application and Security. No e

                           Replicate AD single Objects between the Domain Controller's Hello Folks, Today I had a request to investigate a critical issue related to objects (attributes) not replicated in Active Directory between the two Domain Controller's - HQ and Branch Office that are connected over the WAN link. To save the Network bandwidth and core services, AD replication schedule is set to replicated every 8 hours (Too high and don't ask me why it is 8 hours - Face palm moment)  and this was the cause that the objects were not reflected in the branch site. I came across this cool command that is supported in Windows 2012R2, Repadmin command-line tool includes this sweet little feature that we can use to replicate data between the two domain controllers even if it's outside the schedule. This is also useful when troubleshooting replication problems between the sites. The switch is "repadmin /replsingleobj"  (In the previous edition of Window

Welcome Azure Techies!! In this blog I am going to share some tips and information on my personal experience in earning the Microsoft Specialist Azure Certification, specifically "Exam 70-533 Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions". This was a great experience overall in achieving "Microsoft Specialist Certification", my journey started on the back of a several projects I was involved within the company and inclined to understand the in and out of the Azure Mechanics. At the time of writing this article Microsoft  exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below, and from March 2016 onward the Skills Measured for this exam will change and include some updates, Please refer the link for more information on the changes. Link I would suggest and recommend to keep checking this page regularly for the updates from Microsoft. Link. There are many helpful articles and guidance from the Pro's in earning the Certi